Laptop for £300

Hi all,

I need a new laptop to run office application, download photos from my camera and the odd video etc, nothing like playing games. I have a budget of £300 - is that going to get me a laptop that is decent. Any recommendations will be be very helpful

Thank you.

This seems decent for £280 from a respected buyer on ebay, comes with case and 3 year warranty:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item...

HP 625 Laptop Computer
AMD Athlon II Dual-Core (P360) 2.3GHz Processor with 1MB L2 Cache
320GB (5400rpm) SATA II Hard Drive
3GB (1333MHz) DDR3 SDRAM
2MP Webcam with in built Mic
DVD±RW SuperMulti Dual Layer with LightScribe
15.6 inch LED-Backlit HD Anti-Glare Display
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Graphics
Latest Wireless 802.11N and Bluetooth 3.0
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
HDMI, Card Reader, 3x USB, VGA
Full 3 Year HP Warranty (1Year Standard + 2 Year additional included)

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/508...

Quite a few under £300:-

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID72/14419040/c...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236680

Thanks guys for all the recommendations now need to decide which one of these is best which in itself i need help with since don't really know which is best for the money.

Despite my obvious bias, I think mine was the best. The Emachine from Argos is an awful make (a modern day 'time'), the ebay deal is gone (and it was probably a repackaged return anyway). A compaq from ebuyer though? Can't go wrong. It's a good laptop for the money.

Compaq, bleh and yuck.

In reply to a post by 12eason:

the ebay deal is gone (and it was probably a repackaged return anyway). A compaq from ebuyer though? Can't go wrong. It's a good laptop for the money.

Really? That ebay deal is still available, you'll probably have to hurry up though:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item...

Oyy (seller on ebay) is a highly respected retailer, and if they say item is brand new then item will be brand spanking new. That ebuyer deal is also good but i would lean towards the HP laptop on ebay because of the 3 year warranty...that extra 2 years will be worth at least £50 so good for peace of mind.

Looking at Oyy this is also appears to be a good value laptop (4gb ram, 500gb hard disk) though i've got no idea what kind of brand MSI is (budget i suspect but i might wrong!)
http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/133461/msi-cr620-i...

Edited by deleted (Tue 19-Jul-11 09:12:03)